Chapter 114: Impossible Artillery Battle
With the smoke from the opposite array, Li Huajing instinctively shouted in his heart: "It's bad!"
Sure enough, there was a loud thunderous sound, and then there was a whistling sound of iron bombs tearing the air through the air.
This iron bullet hit the invincible general cannon not far away from him, penetrated the cannon stand from the right side, and immediately opened the cannon stand made of hardwood. Hundreds of fragments splashed all over the sky, causing no less damage than the sharp blade.
The gunners around the cannon were the first to be hit. Seven or eight people fell to the ground and rolled and shouted, and two or three fell on the spot, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.
As the gun mount scattered, the thousand-pound gun barrel tilted to the right, and then rolled to the ground, and the cannon was considered useless.
The soldiers in the formation were in a thunderous state, and Li Huajing was also shocked. How could he be so accurate when he was fifty or sixty feet apart? The cannon on his side had just been pushed up for a while, so how could the cannon on the opposite side aim so fast?
However, a trembling cheer burst out from the formation of Changshan soldiers on the opposite side. There were three more flashes of light, three smoke, and then three loud noises.
The three guns were the same, and they all rushed to the remaining Invincible General Cannon. Among the three guns, one of them flew over the barrel of the Invincible General Cannon, knocked the gunman's head away after the gun mount, and then flew along the passage of the cannon car without hurting others.
The second shell was slightly tilted to the left, hitting the first line on the side of the cannon, passing through the formation, killing four or five musketeers and archers.
The third shell finally hit the huge target, and happened to hit the side of the gun of the Invincible General's cannon. The gold and iron clashed with each other and made a strange explosion, which turned the cannon's gun horizontally. The iron ball was ejected diagonally, hitting the dense troops on the right side of the cannon in a diagonal corner. You could see blood in the formation splashing everywhere and the remaining limbs flew across the line. If this string was hit, more than one or twenty people were killed or twenty people.
Li Huajing had never seen such a thing before. Seeing that the two most powerful invincible general cannons were destroyed like this, and dozens of soldiers were injured, he shouted in shock: "Put the formation! Pull the formation!"
He thought to himself, this is strange. The other party only used one cannon to deal with the invincible general cannon on our right, but concentrated three cannons to deal with the invincible general cannon on the left. Wouldn't that meant that the first cannon was sure to win?
Is he the cannon king?
I have never seen this kind of shooting method of using cannons before. Li Huajinger heard the enemy's positions and then looked at the four remaining cannons. The gunners' panicked expressions were getting more and more annoyed.
"Fire!" The commander of the artillery team saw the expression on the general's face, and seemed to be killing someone if he was wrong. He quickly shouted to the gunners: "Fire quickly!"
The gunners knew that the enemy's next round of guns was going to hit themselves, so they bit the bullet and quickly adjusted the muzzle with their sights and gates, and then immediately launched them in a hurry.
Of course, what they were aiming at was not the opposite cannon. After all, this kind of thing sounds too incredible. How can it hit? They were drawing the array of Changshan soldiers, hoping that it could cause some damage at least.
However, four guns were out of the bore, two guns flew over the array from above their heads, and two guns hit the slope and drilled into the soil on the hillside, without any effect.
Four guns were fired here, and the smoke was loud, which seemed very powerful, interrupting the terrifying shouts of the soldiers on the other side. The formation on the opposite side fell silent for a moment. When they saw the landing point of the shells, they looked at their own people who were unharmed. There were louder laughter and mocking sounds in the opposite side, mixed with rough and swearing words.
The commander of the artillery team saw that Li Huajing's black face was flushed red. The love was not good, so he immediately knelt in front of the horse.
"Master, the opposite is lined up on the gentle slope. We have never practiced such a terrain..." He said in a crying voice, "It's not high or low, it's really hard to fight."
What he said is the truth, because at this time the cannon either hits the target on the ground. Even if it cannot hit directly, it can still kill the enemy through the bounce of the shells. Or it is a city wall, completely vertical to the ground, and the bounce point is easy to calculate.
What I usually practice is nothing more than these two situations. Today I encounter an extended hillside. Because of the slope, the shells hit a little farther away from the enemy's formation and will not jump up, but will directly drill into the soil. After adjusting the muzzle slightly, they will fly over the enemy's head again.
I died unjustly, but I really haven't practiced it.
Li Huajing became more angry when he heard what he said.
"Fart!" he cursed, "Has he practiced it? Why did he fight so accurately?"
The general scolded him, and the artillery commander was speechless.
They didn't know that in Nanjing, there was a mountain called Fuzhou Mountain and a lake called Xuanwu Lake. From the slope of the mid-mountain of Fuzhou Mountain, the sign on the surface of Xuanwu Lake was exactly the same as today's situation.
Li Huajing knew that no matter how annoyed he was, he could not kill people now, and he had to count on the gunners of these four cannons.
However, as his gunners were still crazily cleaning the barrel and preparing to load the medicine, the second round of guns on the opposite side came again.
Li Huajing counted clearly. There were six cannons on the opposite side, and they were firing in turn. Two were dealing with Zheng Hualong on his left wing and four were dealing with him. However, when he moved, another cannon was destroyed, and dozens of casualties were injured.
Although there was still a shot hitting the opponent's team, it was obvious that it could not be defeated in the artillery battle alone.
Li Huajing hadn't figured out where the cannon on the opposite side came from, but since he couldn't beat it, of course he couldn't continue to fight like this.
"Transfer the order and pull the formation a little further. Four cannons are nothing and can't suppress us!" He ordered decisively, "The musketeer archers go up and fight for a round, and the cavalry charge three times, and see where their formation is loose!"
After all, he was still old Yu in the battle formation and quickly corrected his mistakes. At first, he wanted to bully others without guns and smash the opponent's front with cannons, but in the end he was sitting on the verge of his gun team to be defeated. Now, putting aside this obsession, in the battle between thousands of people, a few guns are no longer a decisive force.
After ordering, the formation of the team immediately moved forward, and the cavalry on both wings launched the first charge.
This kind of charge does not really have to rush into the enemy's formation immediately, but to look for the indecisive part of the enemy's front. Faced with the surging heavy cavalry, it is difficult for the spearmen and swords and shields on the entire front to remain calm. Once a line shows signs of panic and looseness, it will be selected as a gap in breakthroughs. Once it is broken here, it often means the collapse of the entire front.
With the cavalry's charge, the musketeers and archers also began to step forward, using the chaos caused by the cavalry's charge to occupy the shooting position, and prepare to follow the general's orders to fight a round.
Chapter completed!